3200 K – The Sports Illustrated Look

May 28, 2013 by Daniel Milchev No Comments

We all like to shoot during stunning sunsets.  Unfortunately the sunsets don’t always turn out to be the way we want them to be.  The good news is that, if you desire, there are color gels and we can make the shot more dramatic by using the Sports Illustrated Look technique.  For this technique you are going to need at least one flash and a CTO Orange gel…also a camera…

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Category: LightingTags: 3200, blue skies, CTO, custom, dramatic, flash, gels, k, light balance, sports, strobist, white balance

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White Balance Explained

April 26, 2011 by Connor Walberg 1 Comment

So you've figured out shutter speed, aperture, and ISO and think that you are all set to shoot manual ALL the time?  Well, it turns out that there are other important settings you will need to learn as well… One of which is White Balance. White balance is how you set your camera to "perceive" the color of  light.  Light ranges in color from yellow to blue.  The reason you…

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Category: ShootTags: action, action photography white balance, auto white balance, extreme, extreme photography, learn white balance, preset wb, preset white balance, white balance

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